Cover view gripper

US8804113B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KHS GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Jürgen Herrmann · Rosenheim, DE
• Marius Michael Herrmann · Rosenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 9, 2010
• Grant date: Aug 12, 2014
• Expiry date: Jan 9, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N21/909
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus comprising a container handling device comprising a centering device having a standing surface and a container gripper having a head side, a foot side, inspection openings on both said head side and said foot side, light-conducting elements, and a gripper bell having an inner area, a light source arranged to couple light into said light-conducting elements, a detection-and-control system comprising an optical system, and wherein said inner area can be illuminated by emerging light so that a cover side arranged at said foot side can be inspected by said optical system through said container gripper and by said light-conducting elements.